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Nissan workers protest plant closure

Barcelona (Spain), May 28 (EFE).- Nissan workers from the Barcelona plant gathered on Thursday in front of the factory to gear up to protest the company's decission to close the plant, which will lead to 3,000 people losing their jobs, although a total of 30,000 jobs are at risk.FOOTAGE OF THE PROTEST IN BARCELONA'S NISSAN PLANT.SOUNDBITES OF THE CHAIRMAN OF THE NISSAN COMMITTEE ON BUSINESS, JUAN CARLOS VICENTE.Translation:"They've told us that they have studied it and that we are not competitive, because we only have 20%. And that even if they gave us one car, one car, we still wouldn't be competitive, that the investment would be so high, that we still wouldn't be competitive. They have just left us to die. For years we have been demanding, for years we have been saying that they are taking cars away from us and they are taking them to France, they are taking them to England and wherever they want and they are leaving us to die.""They don't want to keep paying for a full (factory) Barcelona. They don't want to keep it. We are not going to allow this. They have given us a deadline of December 2020 to shut us down. In that time, we are going to do everything we can, we are going to fight, we are going to keep Nissan's working fighting, and we are going to keep all the administrations in check asking for their support, asking Nissan to stay."